United States Ninth Circuit
TCI GROUP LIFE INS. PLAN v. KNOEBBER, 98-17122
Failure to respond to complaint due to distressed mental state and unfamiliarity with legal system will justify setting aside a default judgment because mere awareness of the complaint followed by failure to respond does not constitute "culpable" conduct.
Appellate Information
- Argued 06/16/2000
- Decided 03/26/2001
- Published 03/26/2001
Judges
- BERZON, Circuit Judge:, Before: KLEINFELD, TASHIMA and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- George P. Kickliter, Tampa, Florida, for the defendant-cross-defendant-appellant., Jeffrey Lewis, Deene Goodlaw, Teresa S. Renaker, Sigman, Lewis & Feinberg, Oakland, California, for the defendant-cross-claimant-appellee.